Robert O Paxton

Biographic Data

ID368253
NAMERobert O Paxton
GIVEN NAMESRobert
FAMILY NAMEO Paxton
SIGNATUREPAXTON R O
AFFILIATIONSColumbia University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS44
TOTAL CITATIONS34
WORKS AS AUTHOR44
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1966
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX2

  • C hris M illington . A History of Fascism in France

    Open AccessRobert O PaxtonARTICLEThe American Historical Review2022

    The history of fascism in France is hotly contested ground. In one camp, the eminent French historian René Rémond affirmed the “practical impossibility for an authentic fascism to acclimatize itself in France,” conceding later only that “Roman whitewash” had been applied to traditional Bonapartism in the 1930s (La Droite en France: de la première restauration à la Ve République [1963], 215, 206). In the opposite camp, the Israeli political scient…

  • Vichy France and the Jews

    Michaël R Marrus, Robert O PaxtonBOOKVichy France and the Jews2020

    Introdu ction 1. First steps 2. The roots of Vichy antisemitism 3. The strategy of Xavier Vallat, 1941-42 4. The system at work, 1940-42 5. Public opinion 1940-42 6. The turning point: summer 1942 7. The Darquier period, 1942-44 8. Conclusions: the Holocaust in France List of abbreviations Notes Index.

  • Persecution and Rescue

    Robert O PaxtonARTICLEHolocaust and Genocide Studies2017

    This is not just another narrative of what happened to Jews in France under the Vichy regime and the Nazi occupation. Political scientist Wolfgang Seibel focuses closely on negotiations between Vichy and the Germans in 1942 and 1943 over French participation in the deportation of Jews from France. Other matters fall into place around this central concern, resulting in an authoritative look at the “French paradox.” Vichy France lent crucial assist…

  • Zalc Claire , Dénaturalisés

    Robert O PaxtonARTICLEVingtième Siècle Revue d histoire2017

  • Daniel Lee, Pétain's Jewish Children. French Jewish Youth and the Vichy Regime

    Open AccessRobert O PaxtonARTICLEJournal of Contemporary History2017

  • As mentor

    Robert O PaxtonARTICLECommentaire2017

  • Comment Vichy aggrava le sort des juifs en France

    Robert O Paxton, Jean-François SenéARTICLELe Débat2015

  • Kultur und Zivilgesellschaft im Faschismus

    Open AccessRobert O PaxtonCHAPTERDer Faschismus in Europa2014

  • Comparisons and Definitions

    Robert O Paxton, R J B BosworthBOOKThe Oxford Handbook Of Fascism2012

    Why did fascism succeed in some parts of Europe and not in others? This question places the topic squarely in the domain of comparative history. The development of fascism in Europe after 1919 presents a fruitful terrain for comparison. Every European nation, indeed all economically developed nations with some degree of political democracy, had some kind of fascist movement. At further stages of development, the outcomes were dramatically differe…

  • The Rescue of Jews in France and its Empire during World War II

    Open AccessRobert O Paxton, Shanny Peer et al.ARTICLEFrench Politics Culture & Society2012

    Amidst so many works devoted to the Shoah, the rescue of Jews is a relatively neglected subject. This is especially so in the case of France, for reasons explored by Renée Poznanski in her introductory essay to this special issue. The papers published here were presented at a conference on the rescue of Jews in France and the French Empire during World War II, held at the Maison Française of Columbia University on 24-25 March 2011.1

  • Maintenir l'ordre en France occupée

    Peter Lieb, Robert O PaxtonARTICLEVingtième Siècle Revue d histoire2011Cited by: 1

    Le nombre de troupes allemandes affectées au maintien de l'ordre en France entre 1940 et 1944 est vivement discuté et souvent surestimé. Ce nombre n'est pas facile à déterminer et il varie au cours de la guerre. D'abord les troupes d'Occupation, chargées de maintenir l'ordre, doivent être distinguées des troupes de combat, chargées de repousser un débarquement ennemi. C'est seulement après juin 1944 qu'une petite partie de celles-ci combat la Rés…

  • Fascists

    Open AccessRobert O PaxtonARTICLEEuropean Journal of Sociology2005

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  • The Anatomy of Fascism

    Stanley Hoffmann, Philip H Gordon et al.ARTICLEForeign Affairs2004

  • GÃ(c)rard Noiriel's Third Republic

    Robert O PaxtonARTICLEFrench Politics Culture & Society2000

  • French Peasant Fascism

    Stanley Hoffmann, Robert O PaxtonARTICLEForeign Affairs1998

  • The Five Stages of Fascism

    Robert O PaxtonARTICLEThe Journal of Modern History1998Cited by: 25

  • French peasant Fascism

    Robert O PaxtonBOOKFrench peasant fascism1997

    The Greenshirts, a far-right peasant movement in 1930s France, wanted to transform the Republic into an authoritatian, agrarian state. They succeeded only in mounting sporadic local actions, but they permitted a fresh look at the strengths and weaknesses of fascism in French rural Society, and at the enduring French perception of themselves as a peasant nation.

  • Les fascismes

    Robert O PaxtonARTICLEVingtième Siècle Revue d histoire1995Cited by: 1

    Fascisms: an attempt at comparative history, Robert O. Paxton. To attempt to define fascism, one must go beyond similarities and the extreme variety of the forms of the movements and regimes which called themselves fascist. Adapted to twentieth century history, Marc Bloch's comparative history method makes it possible to define the function of fascism according to its development stages

  • La spécificité de la persécution des juifs en France en 1942

    Open AccessRobert O PaxtonARTICLEAnnales Histoire Sciences Sociales1993Cited by: 1References: 2

    Saisir le caractère spécifique de la politique de Vichy à l'égard des Juifs, de 1940 à 1944, exige de creuser dans trois strates successives. La première correspond à l'invention, en 1789, du concept de citoyenneté fondée sur le contrat, et au conflit, encore non résolu en 1940, entre ce concept, dominant du point de vue du droit, et le concept opposé, de citoyenneté fondée sur les origines. Deuxième strate : on doit analyser la position absolume…

  • Darlan, un amiral entre deux blocs. Réflexions sur une biographie récente

    Robert O PaxtonARTICLEVingtième Siècle Revue d histoire1992

  • Darlan, un amiral entre deux blocs. Reflexions sur une biographie recente

    Robert O PaxtonARTICLEVingtième Siècle Revue d histoire1992

  • Darlan, un amiral entre deux blocs. Réflexions sur une biographie récente

    Robert O PaxtonARTICLEVingtième Siècle Revue d histoire1992

    Darlan, an admiral between two blocks. Reflections on a recent biography, Robert O. Vaxton. Although the recent biography of Darlan by H. Coutau-Bégarie and C. Huan (Fayard, 1989) is based on substantial documentation, it is not convincing either on the supposed " double game " of Vichy, or on the idea that there is a " respectable " Vichy (that of Pétain and Darlan) and a " bad Vichy " (that of Laval). While the thesis of the neutralist strategy…

  • La Derive Fasciste

    Robert O PaxtonARTICLEThe Journal of Modern History1989

  • The Popular Front in France

    Robert O Paxton, Julian JacksonARTICLEThe Journal of Interdisciplinary…1989

    List of illustrations Preface List of abbreviations Introduction Part I. Prelude to Power: 1. The origins of the Popular Front 2. The leaders Part II. The Explosion: 3. The social explosion 4. The cultural explosion Part III. The Exercise of Power: Peace, Bread And Liberty: 5. 'Liberty': defending democracy 6. 'Bread': the Blum new deal 7. 'Peace': the contradiction Part IV. Coalition and Opposition: 8. The mystique of unity 9. The view from the …

  • The Purge

    Robert O Paxton, Herbert R LottmanARTICLEThe American Historical Review1988